Color Theory in the Modern World (Online Class)

Color Theory in the Modern World - Online

Leda Brittenham | Summer II | Wednesdays: Jul 15 - Aug 19

Class Description:

Gain new perspectives on color as you are immersed in Modernist history and techniques!

Learn how color theory evolved throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The instructor will cover a handful of the movements that have shaped art history and how we perceive color today. Each week, students will apply color lessons from a specific period to create their own paintings. We will analyze historical color schemes and use them as a jumping off point to create still lives, botanical paintings, and portraits. Topics will include, Fauvism, Spiritual abstraction, expressionism, and more. The course will culminate in a final independent project in which students apply a color scheme from a modernist movement to a subject of their choice.

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Summer II Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:

Week	Date	Time
Week 1:	7/15/2026	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 2:	7/22/2026	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 3:	7/29/2026	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 4:	8/5/2026	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 5:	8/12/2026	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 6:	8/19/2026	2 - 5 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Week 1 - Josef Albers and the Bauhaus
Week 2 - Art History Survey and Still Life Analysis
Week 3 - Fauvist Self Portrait
Week 4 - Spiritual Abstraction Applied to Nature
Week 5 - Expressionist Portrait from Photo
Week 6 - Independent Project
After Class - Wrap Up

$320.00
Online
6 Weeks
Beginner to Intermediate

Meet Your Instructor

Leda Brittenham

Instructor

Leda Brittenham grew up in upstate New York. She attended SUNY Plattsburgh where she studied Painting and Sculpture and French. In 2014, she spent 4 months painting in the South of France at the Marchutz School where she studied Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. In 2019 she graduated with her MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art. She has taught at the New York Art Studio and City College. Brittenham has shown her work throughout New York City and is preparing for an upcoming solo show at Frostburg University in Maryland. She lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens.